Hi, I am U of Alabama Freshmen student, Chemical Engineering major.
so I ended up with non-curved B- in Organic Chemistry after lots of all-nighters(don’t worry, didn’t bum the tests) and extra works, but
I asked several guys who are in med school(and who graduated my school, University of Alabama), and they said they got A in Organic Chemistry only because of the curve, and would have gotten B without curve.
He told me not to worry about B- in Ochem because many people would kill for get it, but I was also told that many Ochem professors, unlike mine, curve the grades.
Would my non-curved B- in Ochem look much more unimpressive than curved A in Ochem when I apply for med school?
Thanks so much. I am glad that I didn’t get a C or something,but I just can’t helping disliking this professor…
It’s completely irrelevant that your prof doesn’t curve. There’s absolutely no way for some complete stranger (read: any adcomm member) reading your transcript to know if your professor curves or not. And to be frank, adcomms are not going to care whether your grade was curved or not.
There’s a B- on your transcript–and that’s what med schools will see. It’s not fatal. Move on and do better. You’re not judged by a single grade in a single class.
Adcoms aren’t going to know whether a prof curves or not.
this was Ochem I ?? Who will you be taking for Ochem II Is Bonizzoni teaching? S loved him for OChem II
I think you need to slow down. This was your first semester of frosh year taking Ochem. That may have been too much.
are you still trying to graduate in 3 years?
Did you get the books Ochem as a Second Language as supplements?
For Ochem 2 I am taking Shaughnessy. He’s the only one teaching Ochem 2 for fall 2015, but he has really good reviews in ratemyprofessors.com. I had Dr. Leung for Ochem 1 and she was horrifically bad.
Nope, I decided that 3 years graduation is not a good option for me(as many have advised for me against it). Also I decided to do a Spanish minor and am going to take SP 300+ courses during junior year or so.
I just look up Diana Leung in Chem dept, and she’s an Assistant Lecture Faculty, which seems like she’s not a tenured professor there. I’d suggest avoiding any non-tenured professors if you can, since they are still looking for their full-time teaching jobs and sometimes they are just not as caring/lenient as the full-time ones (associate, chair…)